Safe-deposit-door construction



Jan. 15, 1924. 1,480,945

w. P. MOSELEY SAFE DEPOSIT DOOR CONSTRUCTION Filed July 9, i925 PatentedJan. 15, 1924.

WILLIAM P. MOSELEY, or STAMFORD, CoNNECTICUT, AssIGNon To THEMANUFACTURING COMPANY,

rarer YALE a'Townn or STAMFORD, oNNEoTIoU SAFE-DEPCSIT-DOORCoNsTnUCTIoN,

Application filed July 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM P. MosnLnY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Stamford, in the county of Fairtield and V Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafe-Deposit-Door Constructions; and I do hereby declare the followingvto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to improvements in safe deposit doorconstructions and more particularly to an improved hingestructuretherefor,one object of my present invention being to provide ahingestructure for safe deposit box doors which shall be compact and rigidwhen the door is closed; which shall be so applied to the door as toleave nearly the entire inner face of the latter available for theapplication ofa lock case, and in which the door-leaf of the hinge shallhave mortise connection with the end portion of the door and so that thejambleaf shall have mortise connection with the door-leaf.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists'in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter set forth and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a face view showing a safe deposit box door and illustratingthe application of my improvements thereto.

Figure 2 is an edge view.

Figure 3 is a View partly in section on the line 33 of Figure 1. V

Figure 4 is a view partly in section on line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing the hinge members and aportlon' 192s. Serial No. 650,377. 7

portion of the door is alsomade with notches 555, all for a purposehereinafter explained. V V

My improved hinge comprises a door-leaf 6 and a jamb-leaf 7. Thedoorleaf 6 is seated in the countersink-3 and it is provided with anelongated tongue 8 which enters the groove 1' in the end of the doorand" thus said leaf "6 has a mortise connection with the door.Possibility of displacement of the leaf 6 relatively to the door will beprevented by means of screws 9 passing through holes 10 in the door andthrough the tongue 8,the ends of said screws entering threaded sockets11 in the door. The leaf 6 is provided at one edge with a flange 12' andat its other edge with, lugs 13 seated in the notches 5 in the door andterminating in ears 14 which carry depending 'pintles 15. Between. theside edges of the leaf 6, a groove 16 is formedand this groove may beparallel with the tongue 8.

The leaf 7 is perforated as at 17 for the accommodation of suitablefastening devices for securing said leaf to a door-jamb. At one edge,the jamb-leaf 7 is provided With a flange 18 which may be engaged byan'edge portion of the door-jambi and from this flange, spaced ears 19project and are provided with openings 20 for the reception of thepintles 15 of the door leaf 6. The amb leaf 7 is provided with alongitudinal rib 21 (through which the holes or openings 17 pass) andthis rib enters the groove 16 in the door leaf 6 when the hinge isclosed and 7 thus the jamb-leaf 7 has a mortise connection with thedoor-leaf 6.

It will be observed that with my improved construction, the door-leaf ofthe hinge is 'mort-ised into the door itself and that the jamb-leaf ofthe hinge is mortisedinto the door-leaf, thus giving a rigid compactconstruction and at the same time leaving nearly the entire innersurface'of the door r the door-leaf and also having mortise connectionwith the door-leaf when the door is in closed position.

2. The combination with a door'havinga groove in one end thereof, of ahinge comprising a door-leaf having a tongue entering said groove andalso having a groove jarnb-leaf having a rib to enter said groove in thedoor-leaf and provided at one. edge With a flange having perforated earsto receive the pintles of the door-leaf.

4. In a structure of the character described, the combination of adoor-leaf havingatongueto enter the door and havinga groove parallelwith saidtongue, said doorleaf provided vvith ears carrying pintles, anda jamb-leaf providedwith perforated ears to receive said pintles andwith a rib to enter the'groove in the door-leaf.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. t 7

WILLIAM P. MesnLEY.

i tnesses Jane E. IGA'ITTUVAITE, CHARLES A. BERRY.

